For me, Shambhala, you see, turned out to be not a goal but an absence. Not the discovery of a place but the act of leaving the futureless place where I was. And in the process I arrived at Constantinople.

...Our beauty lies in this extended capacity for convolution.

And men of science,' cries dixon, 'may be but the simple tools of others, with no more idea of what they are about, than a hammer knows of a house.

What is most appealing about young folks, after all, is the changes, not the still photograph of finished character but the movie, the soul in flux.

Damn you all. You have no idea what you're heading into. This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do

I still don't even know for sure what a tendril is.

True pornography is given us by vastly patient professionals.

1904 was the year the American Food and Drug people took the cocaine out of Coca-Cola, which gave us an alcoholic and death oriented generation of Yanks ideally equipped to fight WW II.

Japanese staff who claim not to know a word of English beyond “awesome” and “sucks”, which for a vast range of human endeavour, actually, is more than enough…

[...] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.

Mason glowers, shaking his head. "I've ascended, descended, even condescended, and the List's not ended,— but haven't yet trans-cended a blessed thing, thankee.

Lovely morning, World War Two.

To those of us who survived [...], it also means that we have learned to stand outside our history and watch it, without feeling too much. A little schizoid.

Perhaps the only reason they survived, Stencil reasoned, was that they were not alone. God knew how many more there were with a hothouse sense of time, no knowledge of life, and at the mercy of Fortune.

Choose your love. Love your choice.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

Never let a problem to be solved, become more important than a person to be loved.

Remember who you are and what God expects you to become.

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is important.

Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

He who gives money gives some, he who gives time gives more, and he who gives of himself gives all.

Work will work when wishy washy wishing won't.

Youth need less critics and more models.

Don't forget: one of the saddest things in life is wasted talent.

Find joy in the journey.

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.

The good you have done, the kind words you have spoken, the love you have shown to others, can never be fully measured.

There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that which is of greatest importance. Let us not procrastinate those things which matter most.

Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.

Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing.

My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle.

Your mind is a cupboard and you stock the shelves.

Glance backward, look heavenward, reach outward, press onward

The most constant thing is change.

Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.

Any excuse, no matter how valid, only weakens the character.

Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people did you help?

Whatever our calling, regardless of our fears or anxieties, let us pray and then go and do.

We will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. Rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us.